Indian equity benchmarks had a solid start to November as benchmark indexes closed at over nine-month highs on Tuesday, with gains seen across sectors, while investor focus turned to this week’s U.S. Federal Reserve policy meeting for cues on future rate hikes.

Dear Trader… Markets extended gains for yet another session and rose over half a percent. After the initial gap-up start, Nifty future oscillated in a range and finally settled closer to the day’s high to close at 18,215.00 levels. Most sectors contributed to the up move where IT, metal and